The Apple Slice: My life as a teacher and other musings…

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Dear Reader, did I mention that I am terrible in a crisis? I will literally stand there frozen while disaster unfolds around me. When it comes to preventing an apple slice from browning, the winner is salt water! The lemon juice was a close second. Interestingly, vinegar seemed to have accelerated the browning process instead of slowing it down. Coconut: If you don’t want to use coconut, you can add 35 grams (1/4 cup) extra plain flour to the crust instead.

I'm Sarah the Aussie home cook, I love making delicious, family-friendly meals and treats, using fresh produce from my home veggie garden whenever possible. I'm not an early morning person but a couple of weeks ago I had to wake up early for an event and that turned out to be a most fortuitous thing indeed. It was early and Mr NQN had just left for work. Bleary eyed, I stumbled out of the bedroom and saw Teddy asleep in the lounge room wrapped up in a blanket. I said good morning to him and gave him a kiss and then I turned my head as I heard a strange hissing noise. It was coming from the kitchen.You can enjoy it warm straight from the oven as the perfect cosy dessert, or let it chill and slice it into bite-sized pieces for morning or afternoon tea.

The Dorset apple cake is a fairly rustic affair, and many, many recipes can be found for it. While all the recipes have the same basic ingredients (flour, apples, sugar and fat), they do tend to differ slightly in the makeup. While the pastry case cools, peel and quarter the apples.Cut out the cores, then cut the apples into very thin slices. Arrange the apple slices, slightly overlapping, in the cooled pastry case, starting from the edge and working round in neat concentric circles. Make sure the pastry case is completely filled to the top, with no gaps, and the top layer looks pretty. But when Gina arrives expecting a warm, cheesy welcome, she finds the pizzeria on the brink of closure instead. Desperate to help, Gina takes over and is forced to fire the head chef who refused to do things the “authentic” way. When is apple season? People tend to think of apples as a winter fruit but apples are actually harvested in summer but kept in cold store for months so that we have them available in winter. Once all of the sexy summer fruit is gone, we often have apples and citrus to get us through winter.This apple crumble slice might just be the perfect Autumn (Fall) dessert. My version is made with a buttery biscuit base and no sour cream to keep things light and crumbly. Why you'll love this recipe

Best eaten on the day it's made for maximum crunch. It can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to five days. It will still be delicious and safe to eat but will start to lose its crunch over time. Other apple recipes: top 5 apple recipes, Apple Dapple Cake, French Apple Cake, Apple cinnamon pop tarts, Invisible Apple Cake, Sicilian Apple Cake, Best Apple Crumble, Apple Flower Tarts, Apple Rose Tart, Thousand Layered Apple Cake, Gluten free apple and polenta cake and the ULTIMATE apple pie! Just like my favourite Apple Cake, this slice takes the magic of apples and cinnamon and makes something altogether delightful. Honestly, I’m smitten. Spread sour cream out into one even layer over the apples. Mix together cinnamon and sugar. Sprinkle cinnamon sugar over the top. Bake for 20-22 minutes. how do I serve it? Once an apple is sliced or bit into, and the peel is broken, the fruit inside is no longer protected. If you have ever witnessed an apple turning brown after slicing that is because the skin is no longer protecting the inside of the apple. StemPut just over half the mix (350gms) into the greased cake tin and press down until evenly spread out on the tin. The mix will feel like quite a thin layer in the tin thin but this is normal. Bake for about twelve minutes or until the base is starting to turn a light golden colour. Cinnamon & cloves: ground cinnamon and cloves adds some warming spices to this recipe. You could also put in other apple pie spices such as nutmeg, allspice or mixed spice.